I just installed a new Maxtor 40 GB ATA drive, using their MaxBlast 3 software, with the intention of substituting it for an older, working drive.
My old drive has several partions (5), including a dual boot Win98 and Win2000. I used Partion Magic and Boot Magic in setting up my original drive and it works fine, allowing me to use either boot partion. I used Maxtor's MaxBlast installation to create a new boot drive, which seemed to work without a hitch, creating the right number of partitions and copying files. However, when I switched cables and attempted to boot from my new drive, it said there was no O/S. I called Maxtor tech support, and got a big fat goose egg there ... "We don't support dual boot with MaxBlast" ... and they claim I have to use some other copy utility to clone the drive.
I switched cables back to the old drive and re-booted to the default O/S, Win2000. That worked fine and I see four of the five volumes (partitions) that MaxBlast created on the new drive but the visible C drive partition is the Win98 one. That doesn't surprise me too much, since Win98 was my original system and I guess MaxBlast also makes that assumption. I'll probably try making Boot Magic set W98 as the default and disable the dual boot and try again, but beyond that, I'm not sure what to do.
If anyone has some first hand experience with this situation or some ideas, please contact me.
Thanks
Perplexed
My old drive has several partions (5), including a dual boot Win98 and Win2000. I used Partion Magic and Boot Magic in setting up my original drive and it works fine, allowing me to use either boot partion. I used Maxtor's MaxBlast installation to create a new boot drive, which seemed to work without a hitch, creating the right number of partitions and copying files. However, when I switched cables and attempted to boot from my new drive, it said there was no O/S. I called Maxtor tech support, and got a big fat goose egg there ... "We don't support dual boot with MaxBlast" ... and they claim I have to use some other copy utility to clone the drive.
I switched cables back to the old drive and re-booted to the default O/S, Win2000. That worked fine and I see four of the five volumes (partitions) that MaxBlast created on the new drive but the visible C drive partition is the Win98 one. That doesn't surprise me too much, since Win98 was my original system and I guess MaxBlast also makes that assumption. I'll probably try making Boot Magic set W98 as the default and disable the dual boot and try again, but beyond that, I'm not sure what to do.
If anyone has some first hand experience with this situation or some ideas, please contact me.
Thanks
Perplexed